I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 195 Forcibly Occupying Corinth City
In the Kingdom of Athens ruled by Roy, soldiers were one of the highest-paid occupations, and even after death in battle, there would be tens of thousands of catties of food as compensation.

Therefore, the blind date held by Roy in Athens was very successful. Most of the single soldiers were favored by unmarried women and had a wife of their own.

The soldiers of Thebes returned to the Thebes area, and after the soldiers of Yubia returned to the island of Yubia, Roy personally led the soldiers of Corinth back to the city of Corinth.

Port of Piraeus.

After Roy left with [-] Corinthian soldiers on [-] warships, a merchant fleet consisting of three cargo ships and two escort ships entered the port of Piraeus.

The fleet of merchant ships was moored at the port. After the owner of the fleet asked the soldiers at the port how to buy salt, Kaone personally came to the port to preside over the transaction and exchanged [-] catties of salt for [-] catties of grain on three cargo ships.

When it was noon, Roy brought the Corinth fleet to the port south of Corinth City.

After handing over the warship to the Corinthian soldiers at the port, Roy walked to Corinthian City with [-] Corinthian soldiers and the bride from Athens.

When this team of more than 700 people arrived outside Corinth, Sisyphus, who got the news, came to meet Roy outside the city himself.

Outside the south gate of Corinth City.

Sisyphus came to Roy with a group of palace soldiers, and said with a very enthusiastic smile.

"Dear Roy, I have heard that you defeated Prince Deucalion and gave my soldiers rich rewards. Now I want to invite you to my palace and entertain the most distinguished guests with the grandest banquet."

"Sisyphus..."

Looking at the enthusiastic Sisyphus, Roy couldn't help hesitating whether to launch his own plan.

In the end, driven by reason, Roy said to Sisyphus expressionlessly.

"I have to tell you the sad news that this is the last time the two of us will see each other."

Before Sisyphus could react, Roy swung his spear at Sisyphus.

The next moment!

The unsuspecting Sisyphus stared wide-eyed, and Roy's spear pierced his neck.

After Sisyphus turned into a corpse and fell down, all the Corinthians who saw this scene fell into panic, unable to accept the reality they saw with their own eyes for a while.

After all, Roy's identity is not an enemy, but an ally of Corinth City.

Withdrawing the spear from Sisyphus, Roy shouted loudly to everyone around him.

"During the war between Athens and Knossos, the city of Corinth did not strictly fulfill its obligations as an ally. As the leader of the Alliance of the Three Goddesses, I eliminated the incompetent king of Corinth, Sisyphus, and now I want to take over the city of Corinth myself."

Then, Roy turned and said to the five hundred Corinthian soldiers he had brought.

"Now you follow me to take over the city of Corinth, and everyone will be rewarded with a thousand catties of grain."

If Sisyphus were still alive, Roy's words would not have inspired the Corinthian soldiers at all.

Too bad Sisyphus is dead.

These five hundred Corinthian soldiers thought of the paper armor that Roy gave them, the bronze spears that Roy gave them, the generous rewards that Roy gave them, and the wives that Roy helped single soldiers marry—

Most of them chose to obey Roy's orders.

After all, Roy gave too much.

Because the Corinthian soldiers guarding the city gate lost Sisyphus as the backbone, Roy took 200 Corinthian soldiers to occupy the city gate without bloodshed, leaving [-] soldiers and more than [-] Athenian brides at the south gate. Leading three hundred Corinthian soldiers to the palace.

The Corinthian civilians and Corinthian soldiers encountered along the way did not stop Roy from advancing.

Roy’s occupation of the city of Corinth did not encounter resistance, firstly because there was no royal family as their backbone, and secondly because the Corinthians did not regard Roy’s occupation of Corinth City as an invasion of foreign enemies.

If this is an invasion by foreign enemies, even without the royal family as the backbone, the Corinthians will spontaneously fight against the invaders, preventing the enemies from occupying their cities and taking away their food, wives and daughters.

But Roy is not only an ally of Corinth City, but even Roy's soldiers are all Corinthian soldiers.

Therefore, for most Corinthians, Lowe's occupation of Corinth City is more like a coup d'état that will not harm their interests.

Acropolis of Corinth.

When Roy came here with [-] Corinthian soldiers, he learned that Glaucus, whose father had been killed, had summoned [-] soldiers to stand firm at the gate of the guard city.

Just when Roy was about to kill Glaucus with his own force, and then force the soldiers of the Acropolis of Corinth to surrender, the goddess Amphitrite descended on the Acropolis of Corinth with a huge figure of [-] meters tall.

Seeing that Amphitrite pointed her left hand at Glaucus's body, hoping that Glaucus would be blessed with her divine power, Roy immediately said anxiously to Amphitrite.

"Great goddess Amphitrite, please don't let Glaucus become my hindrance. I promise you that I will occupy Corinth, and you are still the patron saint of Corinth."

Hearing Roy's words, Amphitrite stopped blessing Glaucus with divine power, and looked at Roy with a dissatisfied expression and asked.

"Can I really trust you? You are an ally of Sisyphus, but you killed Sisyphus and took the city of Corinth. Maybe you are not trustworthy at all."

"When did I become an ally of Sisyphus?"

Roy said with an innocent look on his face.

"The alliance of the three goddesses I formed is the city of Athens, the city of Corinth, and the city of Thebes as allies. It can also be regarded as your alliance with the goddess Metis and the goddess Mnemosyne. There is no ally relationship in Harmonia. The great goddess Amphitrite, Harmonia is my woman, do you think I need to form an alliance with Harmonia?"

Roy's words left Amphitrite speechless.

On the surface, Sisyphus is indeed not Roy's ally, so Roy did not betray the ally.

"Even if you didn't betray Sisyphus, why should I let you occupy the city of Corinth? You are a priest serving Metis, not mine. I can't let an untrustworthy person hold the highest power in Corinth. , because this power poses a huge threat to me."

"Goddess Amphitrite, don't you want the city of Corinth to develop stronger and the people of Corinth to live a better life than they are now?"

Roy said with a smile.

"I took over the city of Corinth as the leader of the Alliance of the Three Goddesses. My purpose is to make the city of Corinth grow stronger and the people of Corinth live a better life. The first thing I want to do for the city of Corinth is to use two thousand The captives dug the Corinth Canal. The great goddess Amphitrite, you must understand how great the Corinthians can benefit from the opening of the Corinth Canal."

Amphitrite, as the goddess of wisdom, of course knows that the opening of the Corinth Canal will become an important trade route, and the city of Corinth will also have the potential to develop into a trade hub.

If the ruler of Corinth was not Roy, I am afraid that in another 3000 years, no one would spend manpower and material resources to dig this canal.

(End of this chapter)